Joe Levitan, PhD. Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director in DISE, was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from the Association of Postgraduate Researchers of Peru (AMADO Pero), a Unesco recognized research organization, for his community-based participatory action research work to improve the quality of education in Peru.
Published on: 24 Mar 2023
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Published on: 17 Mar 2023
Dianea Phillips, BEd鈥�85, was 40 years old when she experienced her first zero-gravity flight.
鈥淚 fell in love with aerospace,鈥� recalls Phillips, a Certified Aerospace Educator. 鈥淚f it spins or flies, I love it. If it changes matter, even better!鈥�
Phillips鈥檚 zero-gravity flight was the culmination of her participation in the U.S. Space and Rocket Center鈥檚 10-day Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, where she lived and trained like an astronaut alongside participants from around the world.
Published on: 1 Mar 2023
Associate Professor Philip S. S. Howard (DISE) publishes new monograph with the University of Toronto Press, entitled: Performing Postracialism: Reflections on Antiblackness, Nation, and Education through Contemporary Blackface in Canada.听 This book is one of the outputs from his SSHRC funded research into contemporary blackface in Canada.
Published on: 13 Feb 2023
The Rideau Hall Foundation (RHF) is at the beginning stages of work to support dramatically increasing the numbers of First Nations, Inuit, and M茅tis teachers by 10,000 and to promote the systemic changes necessary in leading to more sustainable Indigenous teacher employment opportunities in all areas of the country. Made possible through generous philanthropic support by the Mastercard Foundation, the RHF will be investing in excess of $45 million towards innovative community-driven approaches to achieving these objectives.
Published on: 3 Feb 2023
Department of Integrated Studies in Education alumni Dr. Lerona Lewis (Ph.D. Educational Studies) and Sabi Hinkson (MATL Science/Tech '22) were featured on Global News discussing systemic racism in Quebec schools and what is needed to better support Black students.
Preliminary results of Dr. Lewis' new study (University of Ottawa) suggest systemic racism in Quebec schools is adversely impacting Black youth, and the researchers who conducted the study say some pedagogical practices need to change.
Published on: 2 Feb 2023
Teacher turned mission-driven entrepreneur, Philip Cutler (B.Ed.'13), was featured in interview with two media outlets this past week. As CEO of Paper, Philip used his transferable skills as a classroom teacher to establish an on-demand online tutoring service. Paper has supported 3,000,000 students throughout the United States and will be collaborating with 海角社区 Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 海角社区 Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.
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Published on: 1 Feb 2023
Teacher turned mission-driven entrepreneur, Philip Cutler (B.Ed.'13), was featured in interview with two media outlets this past week. As CEO of Paper, Philip used his transferable skills as a classroom teacher to establish an on-demand online tutoring service. Paper has supported 3,000,000 students throughout the United States and will be collaborating with 海角社区 Education on research in the EdTech field. Philip is also a member of 海角社区 Education's Faculty Advisory Board (FAB), as a philanthropic ambassador for the Faculty.
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Published on: 1 Feb 2023
海角社区 Faculty of Education is expanding its Human Resources team and is looking to fill the positions of Staffing Advisor and Human Resources Administrator, working directly under the Human Resources Advisor and as part of the Dean鈥檚 Office unit.
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Published on: 31 Jan 2023
Quebec's Education Minister, Bernard听Drainville, has been in the media lately, discussing plans to address the province's teacher shortage. Global News approached 海角社区's Faculty of Education for comment on Minister Drainville's ideas, including fast-tracking teachers:
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Dr. Lisa Starr, chair of the department of integrated studies in education at 海角社区 agreed that the teacher shortage needs to be fixed but not at any cost.
Published on: 27 Jan 2023
Gerard Lewis, a graduate of 海角社区's Concurrent B.Ed. and B.Sc. Mathematics (Class of 2004) was recently awarded听Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence for igniting the love of learning.听The award recognizes Gerard's exemplary teaching practices and his dedication to supporting teachers. Part of the Toronto Catholica District School Board, Gerard is the Mathematics Facilitator, Kindergarten to Grade eight.
Published on: 26 Jan 2023
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy (Educational and Counselling Psychology)听is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair known for her longitudinal research on youth suicide and for testing mental health promotion intervention. For Bell Let's Talk Day (January 25) we asked Dr. Georffroy to provide the 海角社区 Education Community with key advice on improving mental health for those who are suffering and for people who want to be active in helping others:
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Published on: 25 Jan 2023
海角社区's Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is seeking an Academic Projects Officer. This administrator provides advising, planning, policy and project support on a range of dossiers and initiatives led by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. This includes providing support in the preparation of planning documents, project reports, briefing notes, data analysis and presentations. They play an essential role in the advancement of the priorities of the unit.
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Published on: 24 Jan 2023
Participate in research for up to $100 in compensation!
Dr. Marie-Claude Geoffroy's lab is looking for participants for the Walking for Wellbeing Research Project.
Participation entails three 45-minute walks per week (in downtown Montreal) for a total of 4 weeks, with weekly online questionnaires. Participants must be: currently registered as 海角社区 students; aged 18-25; fluent in English; and owning a working smartphone with a data usage plan.
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Published on: 18 Jan 2023
The DAIR Team at 海角社区 is looking for School/Applied Child Psychology students or 海角社区 students who have had experience in providing adolescents with online mental health resources. They are looking for students who can assist in evaluating a tool created for school mental health professionals to use when evaluating online mental health resources for adolescents.
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Published on: 17 Jan 2023
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